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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

In 2011, good friends Elizabeth Choi and Joanne Park pursued their shared passion in wine by leaving their careers in the corporate world and opening Mavrik Wine Baron West Queen West. By means of their modest wine bar, co-owners Choi and Park have since then dedicated themselves to helping small production wineries by showcasing their wines at Mavrik(these wines are often limited batched wines that can't make it to LCBO due to production limitation.)

Mavrik's devotion to supporting small production wines and its desire in making wine-tasting more affordable and accessible to the 'average joe' is really commendable. Assomeone who doesn't know much about wine, I admit that it canbe quite daunting at times looking at a restaurant's long wine list, not knowing what wines go with what. But Mavrik's friendly and casual atmosphere, coupled with its condensed wine list, makes novices such as myself feel a lot more at ease. Even though I am no wine expert I still found myself really enjoying the wine pairings that night; I thought they all complemented the flavour profiles of each taco really well. The tacos themselves were also a pleasant surprise - despite the fact that they were not as "prettied up" as some of the other tacos I've had elsewhere, Mavrik's tacos, packed with healthy ingredients like quinoa, chick peas and portobello, were all surprisingly really tasty!

*This meal was complimentary. The opinions and views expressed on this post are my own*